100 things to do before I die.
It’s not very original, but at some point I felt I needed some reachable goals in my life. And none of these are that far off, if you ask me. Listed in no particular order. But still a numbered list.
- Visit Hong Kong. Done. 23.12.05.
- Get something published in a newspaper or a magazine. Done. 13.11.04.
- Attend a major sports event.
- Drive across America from coast to coast.
- Say “I love you”. Done. 18.08.07.
- Learn to play the guitar.
- Swim a mile in the sea.
- Release an album.
- Take a photograph I can proudly hang on the wall.
- Write a movie script.
- Be best man at someone’s wedding.
- Climb a mountain.
- Get interviewed by a major news paper or magazine, either domestic or international. Done. 25.02.05.
- Rob a bank.
- Renovate an apartment or a house.
- Fix a car.
- Be in a movie or a TV-series (as an extra counts).
- Stagedive.
- Surprise everyone.
- Try my luck at the stock market.
- Organize a big event.
- Be on TV.
- Visit Canada. Done. 17.11.07.
- Participate in a demonstration.
- Make someone cry of happiness.
- Learn to skate.
- Brew my own beer. Done. 17.09.05.
- Be a member of the audience in a TV show.
- Send a message in a bottle.
- Plant a tree.
- Sit on a jury.
- Stay out all night partying and go to work the next day without having gone home.
- Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich.
- Go skinny-dipping at midnight in the South of France.
- Ask for a raise. Done. 17.09.05.
- Write my will.
- Ride on the Orient Express.
- Read the Kama Sutra and put a bit of theory into practice. Done. 28.09.06. (No, there’s no link, but you seriously didn’t think I would go into details, did you?)
- Go wild in Rio during Carnival.
- Go up in a hot-air balloon.
- Hit a hole-in-one (with witnesses).
- Survive a bar fight.
- Drive cross-country without a map.
- Buy a round for a packed bar.
- Get in a brawl, Fight Club style.
- Invite someone on a $500 dinner. Done. 08.09.06.
- Make some contribution to an open source software project. Done. 04.05.04.
- Fire a Desert Eagle.
- Play in a high stakes poker game.
- Visit all seven continents. Four three two left.
- Ride a horse.
- Take a year off.
- Spend a night in a haunted house.
- Visit an active volcano.
- Go to Mardi Gras.
- Witness the production of porn in person.
- Attend a major film festival.
- Drive a Humwee.
- Make a road movie.
- Save a life.
- Drive a car getaway-style.
- Skydive.
- Meet someone famous.
- Get paid to say something about movies or music or both.
- Write and speak English like a native Brit.
- See a tornado.
- Get a reasonable BMI.
- Sucker-punch a member of the Bush family.
- Stop being semi-dyslectic.
- See tigers in the wild.
- Wake up on bench in the park.
- Finish this list, I guess.
- Change a stranger’s flat tire.
- See a movie at a drive-in.
- Make a complete and utter fool of myself.
- Come up with a good one-liner.
- Become a semi-acceptable cook. Done. 14.02.04.
- Visit New York.
- Learn how to sail.
- Make a short movie.
- Throw ten three-pointers in row.
- Be debt free. Done. 28.10.06. (Not too much to say about this, but it happened.)
- Get a professional massage.
- Fall in love. Done. 29.06.06.
- Resign from the State church. Done. 27.01.04.
- Fly a kite.
- Go whale watching.
- Celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico.
- Own an apartment or a house. Done. 31.08.06.
- Fly first class.
- Do something that makes someone say, “You know, I really admire what you did!”
- Win an award.
- Draw on a wall.
- Set off a fire extinguisher.
- Volunteer for a good cause. Done. 18.02.07.
- See a full solar eclipse.
- Queue for something for at least 24 hours.
- Sing Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy The Silence’ and really mean it.
- Visit Cuba
- See Matthew Good in concert.
All right, so I ended up ripping some of these off of other similar lists, but they all seemed liked sane things to do.
